Copycat Killer is as much about individual character arcs (and each character’s relation to the case) as it is about the murders, per se. ![]() No one person is above suspicion and it is hard to predict what’s going to happen next. As for the subject of conflict, get ready for some curveballs to get thrown in your direction. Kuo and veteran cop Shang-Yong Lin’s (Tsung-Hua Tou) reactions to the killer’s game of cat-and-mouse offer a stark contrast. Copycat Killer excels in the exploration of this theme. The complex emotional labour of dealing with violence in an objective way, without getting overwhelmed by it, is something that cannot be discounted. That is the emotional toll gruesome crimes have on the psyche of people in law enforcement. In addition to its suspenseful writing, Copycat Killer touches upon something similar shows in the genre don’t usually delve into. Is it a copycat crime or is a serial murderer still at large? While visiting the killer who surrendered himself in the initial case, Kuo determines many loopholes in the man’s confession. ![]() Kuo has been taught that aren’t any coincidences in his line of work. The two cases share some strange commonalities: thumb cuffs that succeeded in dislocating the victims’ thumbs, a dance club that the women frequented and a popular news channel with high ratings. Prosecutor Kuo enters the scene and pushes the police to do its work in a proper manner. A washed-up cop with decades of experience is assigned the investigation. Her aged grandfather is left to pick up the pieces. Meanwhile, another young woman goes missing without a trace. Her reasons are as personal as they are professional. A dogged young reporter working at a popular TV station is immediately drawn to the story. When a woman’s severed hand is found in a public park, patterns emerge, linking the crime to a case that was solved a few years prior. What makes the character relatable is that he is sensitive he cares, despite the system that is bent on shutting people like him out. And yet, despite his incorruptible and impartial nature, his eternal quest for justice is more personal than one would think. This exacting standard also extends to his colleagues and himself. Unbending, idealistic and obsessive about the truth so as to arrive at a fair judgement, he leaves no stone unturned when it comes to due process and diligence. What he lacks in a personal life he more than makes up for in his professional tidings. His belief in the long arm of the law is beyond reproach. What sustains the imagination, first and foremost, is Kang Ren Wu’s riveting central performance as Prosecutor Hsiao-Chi Kuo. Suspense and intrigue, the slow build of tension, the twisted motivations of a deranged murderer, the reach and limitations of the judicial process, journalistic ethics, and the overall emotional toll of the players involved, there’s much packed into this ten-episode first season. Henri Chang and Jung-chi Chang’s Taiwanese adaptation of Miyuki Miyabe’s crime mystery novel, Mo Ho Han (The Copy Cat), turns out to be a winner in more ways than one.Ĭast – Kang Ren Wu, Tsung-Hua Tou, Cammy Chiang, Chia-Yen Ko, Fandy Fan, Ruby Lin
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